{"id":211049,"date":"2017-03-04T07:00:44","date_gmt":"2017-03-03T20:00:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/content.easyweddings.com\/uk\/real-weddings\/anything-for-love-sheila-and-andys-traditional-wedding\/"},"modified":"2022-03-17T11:30:16","modified_gmt":"2022-03-17T00:30:16","slug":"anything-for-love-sheila-and-andys-traditional-wedding","status":"publish","type":"uk-real-wedding","link":"https:\/\/www.easyweddings.co.uk\/real-weddings\/uk\/real-weddings\/anything-for-love-sheila-and-andys-traditional-wedding\/","title":{"rendered":"Anything for love: Sheila and Andy’s traditional wedding"},"content":{"rendered":"

Before Andrew Li could marry Sheila Nguyen, he had to prove he would do anything for her.<\/p>\n

It wasn\u2019t the bride\u2019s doing, but instead a wedding tradition of their culture. The pair, aged 30 and 31 respectively, married at their traditional wedding on July 30, 2016. \u201cThe big day started with Andy and his groomsmen<\/a> having to get past the bridesmaids<\/a> by undertaking their challenges,\u201d Sheila explains. \u201cThe games included balloon popping, noodle bopping, seaweed sucking and passing, cling-film licking, and an all dancing and singing a rendition of Wannabe<\/em>.\u201d<\/p>\n

Luckily Andy passed with flying colours, and the couple then attended\u00a0a traditional tea ceremony before heading to Friar\u2019s Court in Clanfield, Oxfordshire for the formal\u00a0wedding ceremony<\/a> and reception. \u201cThe string quartet<\/a> entertained the guests, along with the surprise framed wedding photographs of all the married guests that we had collected and framed,\u201d says the bride.<\/p>\n

Guests were treated to handpicked tea for their favours, garden games and a Lion dance, which is good luck for the couple. \u201cOur wedding day wasn\u2019t just for us, we handcrafted a personalised day dedicated to our beloved friends and family, to say show our love for them,\u201d smiles Sheila.<\/p>\n

Photos courtesy of Duncan Cox Photography<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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“I can\u2019t describe that feeling, there\u2019s nothing like it,” Sheila says of getting ready<\/a> for her big day.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“The flowers were ordered wholesale and myself and the bridesmaids spent a fun evening the night before assembling the bouquets,” explains Sheila.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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Guests threw cones of confetti made up of petals Sheila had dried from all the flowers<\/a> Andy had given her over the previous 18 months.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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“I learnt how to do beading and made\u00a0my own hair piece<\/a>,” says the bride.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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The couple incorporated funny photos to let their guests know where they were seated!<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

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https:\/\/vimeo.com\/184389156<\/p>\n

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